No, which supposedly was part of the point being tested. Normies consoomed the recognised name and not the quality of content. When JK's name wasn't on the book nobody gave a shit.
I've always wondered if Harry Potter was ever legitimately popular and became a hit naturally in its early years, or if the publishers deliberately engineered it to be one from the start, giving it more hype and advertisement than usual to draw people into buying it.
It's a Cinderella type story aimed at schoolchildren about being taken away from what life/school they have to go learn at magic school, it was always going to be popular with the target demograph. The additional popularity came from the movies and adults already outside the demograph going fucking bananas for it which is also where most of the insanity surrounding JK comes from and the "Read another book!" meme.
For anyone curious, no those aren't good books.
No, which supposedly was part of the point being tested. Normies consoomed the recognised name and not the quality of content. When JK's name wasn't on the book nobody gave a shit.
I've always wondered if Harry Potter was ever legitimately popular and became a hit naturally in its early years, or if the publishers deliberately engineered it to be one from the start, giving it more hype and advertisement than usual to draw people into buying it.
It's a Cinderella type story aimed at schoolchildren about being taken away from what life/school they have to go learn at magic school, it was always going to be popular with the target demograph. The additional popularity came from the movies and adults already outside the demograph going fucking bananas for it which is also where most of the insanity surrounding JK comes from and the "Read another book!" meme.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormoran_Strike
The last one sold 50,925 copies in its first week on sale in the UK, placing it first on the UK Official Top 50 book sales list.
Before it was revealed she was the author the 1st book sold 1,500 copies.
Proof that we have an inbuilt preference for supporting women
No clue. But let's put it this way. I didn't pay for them and I still felt like I deserved a refund.